Railroad-joint.



V. A. NEWPORT.'

RAILROAD JOINT.

APPLICATION Flu-:n 1AN.25. 19m.

Patented. July 2, 1918.

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Specification of Letters Tatent.

Patented lnly rllhl,

To all whom t may canoeing,

Be it known that ll, VE'RNONLA, Nnwron'l,

a citizen. of the United States, residing Dayton, in the countyv of Armstrong and State of Pennsylvania, yhaveinvented certainlnew. andv useful Improvements in Rail:- road-Joints, specification; y

This invention is special referencetoa rail chair. f

One object of. this invention: is the pro duction `of a rail 'jloint which obvatjthe necessity r0f fishl `Plates es the Clamping frames` support the rails and at thesarne time hold the ends of the nailsv in correct alinement. v

Another object of: this invention. is the' production of a, rail joint which is, formed of a pair of similarly constructed elarnping;A sections which are arranged to lit, upon the abutting ends of two; rails, for constituting a support, which will positiyely holdI the'y ends. of. the rails, in elllcment and will; re-

duce the. vibrations of traine passing; Oven the rail joint.y

vAnother object of this invention is the production of al rail joint wherein eachclamping section comprisesn central reee1ving web having dwerg-ing brace `portions extending` upwardly therefrom while grin` ping bar is secured intermediate its ends to` a web and contiguous its ends to the brace portions, whereby the device beingy formed as a onepiece structure. will; constitute a firm supportl for the.v abutting ends of twoV rails.

. With these and other objects in View, this;

invention consistsof certain novel combinaf tions, constru-ctions, and! arrangement ofv parts as will be hereinafter`- fully described and claimed.; l y

One practical form of construct assemblyof 4the present invention will be hereinafter described and is `illustrated in section take-n onl the-.line

@if which the following; iS f" a rail jO-lit and; llas ion and clampingV sections are similarly constructed and for this reason 1t is thought that a clesci-iption of one section will be snliicient tot.

disclose the construction ofboth.y i

l .lflach section comprises therefore, theielnlfgated fiat bar 5 havingspaced dependingextensions 6. connected?. at theinlower; Gilde.

the! thickened` bridge 7 Thus.- itwilli-be seen that/the central portion ofl the ban 55.

together with the extensions 6 andi' the bridge l constitute a substantially recien# gular web.

The dlverging. brace portions 8 entend from the end: of the bridge 7T `upwandlyto.

have their ends` upon thelbar 5l adjacent the ends thereohas illustrated in Fig-.1

Thefclanipine'- section `isformed offa one-` ]"giece-strnctnrd as it is cast or maybe forn'led from a blank.

llllhen this rail Vjoint is in use, al pain of clampingl sections are `employeda ands it is.

of:` course obvious that the device is to be used in connection with any form of the trie desired, although it isl illustrated. in the accompanying drawing as being usedaincon nection with a metallictie). rllhe abuttingl ends` of two rails 10 are positioned? upon. the. tie 9 and as shown the clamping seetionsfof the jointsnre positioned upon the'abntting. ends ofthe rails. The clamping. sections are positicnedy so as to. cansetheA tie to be.

passed through the rectangular web portions and, owing to the rectangular construction. ofthese web portions, it isobvionsthatthe clampingsection will` be ninlyi` heldnpon the tie and any tendency of Wabbling willE A vbe resisted. It is. intended tohave the-bars of such length as to proj ectfor considerable distance beyond the ends. of the rails-fon re. inforcingthe joint ofthe saine. lit is obr viens the bracing portionswilly reinforce the bars adjacent their ends. The boltsvll may-- be passed.through spacinntsleeves `121interposed between; the 'clamping section-s. and.`

these bolts ll` may receive nu-ts lf3 Vupon y their projecting'v ends. By referring par-.1 ticul'arly to .l1-lig; 2, fit will` befseen` that the bolts project through the` junction of the bans. and the extensions (l and thegbracingf portions 8, asfwell as through the junction of the bracingr portions andthebridge; interposing the spacing sleeves between the clam-ping sections and` by screwing" the 'nu-ts ontothe bolts, it is obvious the clamping sections will be firmly clamped upon the rai s.

It will also be noted that if so desired vertical bolts 14 may be passed through the bars 5 at points adjacent the center thereof and may also be passed through the base of the rails and through the tie for receiving nuts l5, thus holding the tie against shifting with respect to the abutting ends of the rails.

By referring particularly to Fig. 4l, it will be seen that the bars 5 are provided with under lapping lugs 16. These lugs 16 are formed to extend in substantially horizontal planes-and in alinement with each other, thus itting'under the base of the rail for reinforcing or steadying the rail joint at its end. Since the rail joint is formed of similarly constructed sections secured together, as these sections may be either cast or formed from blanks, it is obvious the lugs will firmly engage the'base of the rail when the device is being assembled and afterward when the same is in use.

Upon referring to Figs. l, 2 and 3, it will be seen that the extensions 6 and the brace portions 8 extend downwardly in alinement with the outer portions of the Hat bars 5 of the sections. Therefore, when the metallic supporting tie 9 has been inserted through the web of each section, it is obvious the ends of the rail will bear directly upon this tie. Furthermore, particular attention is invited to the fact that the web and braces of these sections are spaced apart for the same distance as the breadth of the bases of the abutting ends of the rails. Therefore, the steady pull upon the rails by the sections of the clamp Willbe such as to hold the rails against any tendency of tipping over when strain is brought to bear in a lateral direction upon these rails. The sections are spaced apart for the same distance as the breadth of the base of' each section, Vas hereinbefore specified and thus the increased leverage for each sectionwill permit the sections to `hold the rails againsttipping over, which would not be the case if the sections were lapped around under the base of the rails and then held very close to each other throughout their l l entirelength. Furthermore, it will be seen that the spacingV collars of the bolts will hold the lower. portions A of the sections spaced from each other, although the sections will be firmly clamped upon the base ofeach rail, thus causing the increased leverage to positively holdthe rails against shiftingfas hereinbefore specified. Y

From thek foregoing description, it will be seen that a verystrong clamp has been produced which will-firmly reinforce the abutting ends of two rails `and will thus reduce the vibrationv of trains passing over these Ccpies-of-this patent'may be obtained for abutting ends, while owing to the simplicity of the structure, the rail oint may be manufactured at a minimum cost and may be easily applied to the rails.

As only one form of the invention has been described and illustrated, it is obvious that many changes may be made in the detail construction of the present invention, as long as these changes do not exceed the scope of the device as claimed.

What is claimed is l. In a rail joint of the class described, the combination of a plurality of similarly constructed sections, each section comprising an elongated flat bar having gripping portions thereon to fit around the base of a rail, and depending portions extending from the outer edges of said flat bar, thus causing said depending portions to be in parallel planes extending across the outer edges of the base of a rail, to allow said depending portions to be spaced apart for the same dlstance as the breadth Vof the base of a rail, thus permitting the depending portions to be fitted over a supporting element to hold the ends of the abutting rails in alinement and exert pulls upon the ends of said rails at the edges of the bases thereof, thus preventing the rails from tipping over when strain is brought to bear thereon.

2. In a rail joint of the class described, the combination of a pair of similarly constructed sections, each section comprising an elongated Hat bar, depending extensions projecting from said ba r adjacent its outer edge, braces extending from the ends of said bar adj acentits outer edge and being connected '1o the lower portions of said extensions, a bridge connecting the lower portions of said extensions, thus causing said extensions, said braces and said bridge to be in alinement with the outer edge of said bar, lugs formed on the outer edge of said bar and extending inwardly therefrom, thus causing the bar to lit upon the base of a rail, whereby when said sections are in puse, said extensions, braces andbridges will extend parallel in planes extending along the side edges of the base ot a rail, whereby when a supporting tie is interposed between said extensions and said bridges, said sections will pull upon the tie in direct alinement with the edges of the base of the rail, thus presenting an increased leverage for the sections for preventing the rail from tipping over.

In testimony whereof l aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

j VERNON A. NEWPORT. VVitnesse's C. M. WADDING, C. A. ALLEN.

ve cents each, by-addressing the Commissioner e1' Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

